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this was the Korunnai name for the Downfolk, those off-worlders and settlers who lived on the lowlands of the planet Haruun Kal. There was a somewhat contempuous connotation to the name, since these beings were quite often caught in the Thakiz Baw'kal, or Downstorm, which scoured the lowlands of Haruun Kal with toxic gases each winter. During the years leading up to the Clone Wars, the Balawai and the Korunnai were locked in a vicious civil war that was known as the Summertime War. The native Korunnai had been displaced by the Balawai offworlders, and fought to maintain their independence. Both sides of the conflict were brutal to their opponents, with a certain amount of "recreational torture" occurring to prisoners before they were executed. When the Separatists took control of the Gevarno Cluster in the months following the Battle of Geonosis, the Balawai agreed to support the Confederacy of Independent Systems in exchange for their own sovereignity. The Balawai hoped that the backing of the Separatists would help them win the Summertime War and eliminate the Korunnai opposition.